Rekindle

The floor plans for one home did not show dimensions of the residence.

During the inspection, the foster mother's father entered the home with one of the children in care. Foster mother indicated both her parents visited the home daily for dinner. Foster mother shared she believed the agency was working on the parent's background checks.

One child who was placed with Rekindle for 54 days did not have an initial service plan. Two additional children's plans , while not yet due, are lacking important information (medication, dental, culture, basic needs, intellectual development, PMN needs, etc)

Two of the child files reviewed did not contain non-emergency admission assessments.

One of the four child files was missing a child rights form. The additional child right documentation did not include a space for the child to sign (if of age).

In the review of four children's service plans, two did not include a plan for maintaining the child's relationship with their biological family or for visitation arrangements.

During the initial inspection, four child records were reviewed. Of the four records, three were non-emergency placements which require admissions assessments to be completed prior to placement. It was observed all three placements contained admissions assessments completed after placement.

In the cultural section of the service plans, there is no mention of the children's ethnicity and maintaining their cultural norms.

Upon reviewing a discharge record, it was noted that the discharge summary did not include the circumstances leading to the discharge.

In one child's file, there were conflicting admission dates on various forms, another child's race/ethnicity was inconsistent, and two children had incorrect agency names on their forms.

In one child's file read, there were no service plan invitations to parents, and in two other files, the invitations were late.

One of the four child records read contained a 30-day medical exam that was 11 days late.

The review of a discharge summary revealed a lack of explanation for the child's discharge and no mention of the child's response to being discharged.

In the review of four children in care, it was found that two required suicide screenings; however, these were not documented in the files.

The home screening did not include summaries of any adult children interviews, and the joint interviews were not documented in either study.

In one home screening, there was no interview of the mother's 31-year-old adult child.

The health status of the adult children home members was not included in one of the home screenings.

In one of the home screenings reviewed, there was no 10-year residential history noted for the family.

In one study, the adult children/home member interviews are not present - with regards to their attitudes about their parents fostering more children.

The policy manual states that services will be provided to newborns through the age of 22, that services are provided for Trafficking Victims, and that Transitional Living Program Services are provided.

10 areas in the Policies and Procedure manual had incorrect wording regarding Tapkard, Inc. or Minimum Standard numbers for CPAs (748 rather than 749). This was noted on: Record Keeping, Child Care 749.113, Professional Staffing Plan, above the Treatment Director job description, pg. 75 regarding legal fees for adoptions, Verification of income for ado homes, Ado parent rights, Kids in school- #10, CPA admin purpose, and Case Manager general responsibilities. The Disaster/Fire drill log references another Child Placing Agency.

The children are expected to attend church with foster parents. If they prefer another church and that church cannot provide transportation, the child is expected to attend church with the foster parents. This is against child rights. A child cannot be forced to attend church. If they refuse to go, arrangements must be made to accommodate that child.

During the standard-by-standard inspection, I observed the Transfer/Closing Summary of Foster Home missing a section for pending investigations.